Patients’ conditions can vary widely from mental health illnesses to end of life care and everything in between.

Some of the main things we deal with are: Acute and chronic wound management, Acute and long-term conditions, Medication administration. Our current age range is 16-86 years.

We deal with emergencies as first responders/emergencies, substance misuse, minor injuries/physical trauma/mental health crisis. Nurse led clinics are in place to assess patients with an array of issues.

Ongoing development of the prison nurse career pathway has been underway for the past couple of years. There is a clear career progression pathway in NHS Forth Valley Prison Healthcare.

Ongoing opportunities are available for continuing professional development. These are facilitated in-house, internal to NHS Forth Valley and external providers.

We have close links with Stirling University and are keen to encourage staff to undertake ACE, Non-Medical prescribing, and other relevant training such as long term conditions, to their role and registration.

There are many opportunities to take on degree/masters modules to further your practice; there is also opportunity to progress to management or in a clinical role for example specialist nurse or an ANP role.

Yes. There is a health centre in all our prisons. They are located in the centre of the prisons but separate from where the prisoners live.

The Health Centres have examination/consultation rooms, dental rooms, therapy rooms (used by physio, optician, podiatry, etc), 2 waiting rooms and storage rooms.

2 Prison officers work in the health centres and escort the patients who have appointments up to the waiting rooms.

We offer services such as Dental, sexual health/BBV, GP, Speech and Language, mental health/psychology/psychiatry, Nurse-Led Clinics, Podiatry, Optician, Healthcare Assistant (HCA) clinics. All of these clinics are overseen/organised by an amazing admin team.

Prison Nurses work autonomously a lot of the time but there is support from other nurses and the full MDT, working on your own initiative is as important as being able to work as part of the larger team.

There are no inpatient facilities/beds within any of the prison health centres and no provision for NHS nightshift.

We have a comprehensive induction package for all new staff to complete.

This includes a range of identified training which we support you to complete within your first 12 months.

As part of your induction, you will be required to complete specific Scottish Prison Service training.